By Stephen Kim

A bipolar nut case featuring the diametrically opposed personalities of Master P and Joseph McCarthy goes from figment of imagination to real–life incarnation each time you screw together a motor. You’ll lavishly pay a premium for 4340 steel cranks, billet rods, and gas–ported pistons for their perceived superiority over lesser hardware, even if you don’t know what the terms 4340, billet, and gas–ported really mean. On the other hand, like an insecure senator from Wisconsin, when presented with a large bill on stuff like align–boring, decking, and magnafluxing, you immediately suspect every shop of foul play because you don’t know what align–boring, decking, and magnafluxing really mean. Strange, isn’t it?